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Children’s Privacy Policy
Our children's pages are designed primarily for
children ages 8 and up, while many activities are designed with our
younger audience of children ages 6 and up in mind. Our intention is to
provide a safe, fun environment where children may explore the World Wide
Web.
We
care about your privacy, and we take great care to safeguard your personal
information. We do not require our users to supply us with any personal
information. We never condition a child's participation in an activity on
the child's disclosing more personal information than is reasonably
necessary to participate in that activity. All personally identifiable
information we do collect can only be accessed only by authorized Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene
staff, including programmers and writers, and only those people who
require access may see this information. We preserve the confidentiality,
security, and integrity of that information. We will notify you of the use
of all personal information, and we will not share this information with
any third parties. As we continue to offer our visitors new and different
types of content and services, we may modify our practices from time to
time. However, we will treat all personal information we collect in
accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information
is collected. You will be notified and your consent requested should there
be any material changes in the collection, use or disclosure practices to
which you have previously agreed.
The Children's Pages are designed to comply with the requirements of the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) guidelines for web sites gathering
identifiable information from children.
Personal information may be requested when using the following features.
FORUM QUESTIONS &
POLLS
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene
may post a question on the site that allows children to
respond by email. Information gathered from polls or surveys are only for
the internal use of
Michigan District Church of the
Nazarene. If sample answers to polls or surveys
are posted on the web site, then no identifiable information is ever
included.
E-CARDS
The Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene website
contains a feature whereby children may email an online
greeting card to another email address. The child's email address is
required to send the card so that the recipient notice may arrive in the
recipient's email box as if it came directly from the sender. This is the
only place the child's address is shown, and it is discarded when the card
has been sent. No outside vendor has access to this address and the card
is stored on
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene website.
COOKIES
The Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene website
uses a software technology called "cookies" that helps us
track non-personal, aggregate data about who visits our site. This helps
us keep track of the number of visitors to our site and allows us to gauge
the areas that are of the most interest to our members. The cookies do not
contain any personally identifiable information and are not linked to any
personally identifiable information.
THIRD PARTY
DISCLOSURE
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene
does not disclose any personal information we collect from
our users to third parties. We do use this aggregate information, which is
not personally identifiable, to give us demographic information about the
entire Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene
in order to improve our service through our
entire series of stories and products.
LINKS TO OTHER
SITES
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene
may provide links to other sites but only those approved by
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene. We take very seriously the responsibility
of introducing our audience to other sites on the internet in the course
of a visit to
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene. In some cases, visits to sites such as RealAudio.com and Macromedia.com are necessary in order to download a
"plug-in" that allow users to play audio clips and particular games. We
cannot control the content and advertisements contained in these sites.
Users who agree to download these plug-ins must leave
the Michigan
District Church of the Nazarene
website, and
will be alerted to this fact before leaving. We encourage children to ask
their parents' permission before they download or give out any
information. At times, particular sites may ask your child if they wish to
be put on a list to receive updates to the plug-in. These are usually
completely voluntary and denying the offer does not prevent the download.
Once
children have obtained the special plug-in, they may continue to play
games on the
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene website without being required to re-visit these sites. We
encourage parents to become actively involved in the sites their children
visit, advising you to monitor their time there, and check their privacy
policies as well.
ADVERTISEMENTS ON
KINGDOM KIDS
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene
advertises various Christian products and services (i.e.:
Adventures in Odyssey radio program) throughout the site. In each case,
the purpose of these advertisements is to build excitement for Christ and
learning and may be acquired by donation to
Michigan District Church of the
Nazarene
in the "Corner Store." Children will be asked if they wish to
enter before they proceed to the store, which is hosted on the
Michigan District Church
of the Nazarene
server, and equipped with all the appropriate
security and privacy measures. At no time will a child's participation in
any activity depend on donations made in this area. No other advertisers
or products outside of those approved by
Michigan District Church of the
Nazarene
will appear on the
Michigan District Church of the Nazarene website.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Should you have any more questions or concerns regarding children's online
privacy protection on the
Michigan District Church of the
Nazarene website, please contact:
Michigan District
Church of the Nazarene
Kings Pointe Business Park
15180 S. Wright Rd.
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
webmaster@minaz@org
(517) 622-8450 |
